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Money Heist: Korea:  It’s prettier—prettier—than the original Spanish series
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July 4, 2022

Money Heist: Korea: It’s prettier—prettier—than the original Spanish series

By Edmund Dennis Ladaw
Credit: The Swoon/YouTube It’s been more than four years since the original Spanish caper series Money Heist conquered TV viewers the…
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Face-to-face classes now making students anxious
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June 27, 2022

Face-to-face classes now making students anxious

By TheDiarist.Ph
After two years of online classes, face-to-face sessions in school may trigger the anxiety of students due to the continuing pandemic, which…
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BTS break: Why the world is getting hiccups
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June 21, 2022

BTS break: Why the world is getting hiccups

By Thelma Sioson and Alya B. Honasan
“Does that mean I need to get a real therapist now?” ARMY Nikko Dizon quotes another ARMY’s post on Twitter after BTS said during…
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Singin’ in the Rain is 70 years old; Titanic is 25!
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June 13, 2022

Singin’ in the Rain is 70 years old; Titanic is 25!

By Edmund Dennis Ladaw
My piece on Downton Abbey: A New Era mentioned how one of the movie’s subplots had recycled the storyline of the musical Singin’ in the…
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When BTS met Biden
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June 3, 2022

When BTS met Biden

By Alya B. Honasan
IT was another moment to make every single BTS ARMY proud, as the seven members of the Korean global super band BTS—Kim Namjoon, Kim…
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A wedding and a funeral await in the new Downton Abbey
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May 30, 2022

A wedding and a funeral await in the new Downton Abbey

By Edmund Dennis Ladaw
Downton Abbey: A New Era is more of a reunion movie and less a continuing saga of the Crawleys, the upper class British family.  This TV…
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What if your family and friends didn’t support the same candidate?
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May 23, 2022

What if your family and friends didn’t support the same candidate?

By Mica Sarenas
THE elections brought something quite different from what I’d seen in the past. I found myself learning something new and experiencing the…
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Pachinko: When Leo DiCaprio’s Gatsby could look like a slob beside Lee Min Ho’s Hansu
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May 13, 2022

Pachinko: When Leo DiCaprio’s Gatsby could look like a slob beside Lee Min Ho’s Hansu

By Edmund Dennis Ladaw
Lee Min Ho, Kim Min Ha, Oscar Best Supporting Actress Youn Yuh Jung, Jin Ha in Pachinko Pachinko is a sweeping K-drama about a Korean family…
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‘Kakabakaba ka ba?’: After the vote
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May 11, 2022

‘Kakabakaba ka ba?’: After the vote

By Thelma Sioson San Juan
“Pag class ang damit, pinapapasok niyo?!” an irate man who looked like a thug, wearing a barangay shirt, was barking at the poll…
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2022 elections: Reasons—why we are where we are
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May 8, 2022

2022 elections: Reasons—why we are where we are

By Rafael A. S. G. Ongpin
Democracy as a system of governance is fundamentally flawed. Democracy is what we have, and we constitutionally chose it over the opposite…
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